Bradford Odeon - the last 1930's art deco supercinema in the UK

Bradford Odeon, which has also been known as The New Victoria cinema and the Gaumont, which is the last of the 1930's Art Deco supercinemas is currently scheduled for demolition.

When it was built in 1930 it was the largest cinema outside of London, seating just over 3100 people, and included a restaurant and a ballroom.

The proposed demolition ignores the fact that a great many people in Bradford (and elsewhere as well) don't want it to be demolished.

Restoring it to how it was in the 1930's is unlikely to be practical. There have been suggestions of turning it into a concert venue or an indoor market. The argument against those was mainly the fact that there is no room for parking - which totally ignores the fact that there is a massive, several floors tall NCP car park on the opposite site of the road from it.


However a new idea to save it has been proposed and this one has the potential to gain a lot more support.

The John Peel Arts Centre. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-18032434


People have started a petition for this to happen. http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/john-peel-north/



About the Odeon http://www.kingsdr.demon.co.uk/cinemas/newvic.htm

News articles: http://www.cityoffilm.co.uk/city-of-film-news/david-hockney-slams-odeon-demolition/

http://www.urban75.net/forums/threads/bradford-odeon-proposal-to-turn-it-into-the-john-peel-centre-for-creative-arts-north.293238/

http://louderthanwar.com/bradford-odeon-can-we-have-our-happy-ending-now-please/